Application of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for diagnosis of caries, cracks, and defects of restorations

Y Shimada, A Sadr, Y Sumi, J Tagami - Current oral health reports, 2015 - Springer
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive technique providing cross-sectional
images of a tooth structure. This review describes the use of OCT for detecting dental caries …

The use of optical coherence tomography in dental diagnostics: a state‐of‐the‐art review

M Machoy, J Seeliger… - Journal of healthcare …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Optical coherence tomography provides sections of tissues in a noncontact and noninvasive
manner. The device measures the time delay and intensity of the light scattered or reflected …

Non-invasive quantification of resin–dentin interfacial gaps using optical coherence tomography: Validation against confocal microscopy

TA Bakhsh, A Sadr, Y Shimada, J Tagami, Y Sumi - Dental Materials, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Regardless of the cause, gap formation at the tooth–restoration interface may
result in treatment failure; non-destructive assessment and monitoring of these defects are …

Secondary caries and microleakage

A Jokstad - Dental materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To critically appraise experimental ex vivo research that has focused on
secondary caries, and to offer possible explanations for the seemingly poor correlation to …

Internal adaptation of resin composites at two configurations: Influence of polymerization shrinkage and stress

SH Han, A Sadr, J Tagami, SH Park - Dental Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective This study compared internal adaptation of composites under different C-factors
and examined the relationship between internal adaptation and polymerization shrinkage …

Effects of structural orientation of enamel and dentine on light attenuation and local refractive index: an optical coherence tomography study

I Hariri, A Sadr, Y Shimada, J Tagami, Y Sumi - Journal of dentistry, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To investigate optical properties of human enamel and dentine in relationship
to structural orientation of enamel prisms and dentinal tubules by optical coherence …

Alternative methods to visual and radiographic examinations for approximal caries detection

N Abogazalah, M Ando - Journal of oral science, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A shift in caries prevalence from occlusal surfaces to approximal surfaces has been
demonstrated by epidemiological studies. Two recent meta-analyses evaluated the …

Noninvasive cross‐sectional imaging of proximal caries using swept‐source optical coherence tomography (SS‐OCT) in vivo

Y Shimada, H Nakagawa, A Sadr, I Wada… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of swept‐source optical
coherent tomography (SS‐OCT) in detecting and estimating the depth of proximal caries in …

Monitoring remineralization of enamel subsurface lesions by optical coherence tomography

MM Mandurah, A Sadr, Y Shimada… - … of biomedical optics, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a potential clinical tool for enamel lesion monitoring.
Swept-source OCT findings were compared with cross-sectional nanohardness findings of …

Nano-CT as tool for characterization of dental resin composites

HJ Haugen, SB Qasim, JP Matinlinna, P Vallittu… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Technological advances have made it possible to examine dental resin composites using
3D nanometer resolution. This investigation aims to characterize existing dental nano-hybrid …